Chasing Poker Greatness

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s special guest is K.L. Cleeton.Born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1, K.L. Cleeton of Southern Illinois, has played poker at some level for the last 10 years and has considered himself a professional for the last 2 1/2. In 2017, he won a contest from Daniel Negreanu and lived his dream of playing in the WSOP Main Event, ultimately cashing for $16,000. For the last year he has been coached by one of the ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is currently the 26th ranked player in the world (According to the Global Poker Index) James Romero.If James isn’t a familiar name to you yet, it’s only a matter of time.Over the last 4 years battling in the live poker arena, James has racked up a ridiculous $4.7 million in winnings including a $1.9 million score at the WPT 5 Diamond Classic in 2016.In our conversation today, James and I will cover his ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is a 4 time WSOP gold bracelet winner with more than $5.6 million in live tournament winnings Jeff Madsen.Jeff has been a known entity in the poker world for what seems like forever, beginning with his scorching hot start on poker’s biggest stage as the 2006 WSOP player of the year.In 2006 Jeff won more than $1.4 million, 2 WSOP bracelets, while also becoming the youngest person to EVER win a bracelet at ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s special guest is the inimitable Dara O’ Kearney. Dara got into poker at a later age than pretty much anybody else I know. As a matter of fact at the age he was getting into poker (40) I will have been in the game for 20 years .. which is, quite frankly, shocking to me … where does the time go?But poker is a game that can seduce folks at all ages, from all ...

Today’s guest is the host of the recpoker podcast Steve Fredlund.More than anything wants to help people live their most fulfilling lives. For him, this has meant leaving the corporate world after 25 years to pursue speaking, coaching, and consulting while allowing time to play poker and further develop the RecPoker podcast. The RecPoker podcast has nearly 170 episodes and gained acclaim from many guests, media outlets and listeners. The focus is on strategy for the recreational player, but wrapped ...

My guest today is Alexander “Assassinato” Fitzergald who has cashed for over $4 million in online and live tournaments, is the author of 2 poker books (Exploitative Play in Live Poker and The Myth of Poker Talent), and has almost certainly done more private coaching lessons than anyone else on the planet.Alex has accomplished all of this despite a self-professed “Lack of natural poker talent”. How is that something you can overcome, you might ask? Grit, hard work, finding your ...

I am joined with Nick Howard to discuss as of 2/18/20 the current results of the "Galfond Challenge" (-$900k).We discuss all things Galfond Challenge with our main focus being on mindset. What will Phil do moving forward? Are the early results of the Galfond challenge more likely variance or a giant miscalculation? Taking out all other considerations, what do we think Phil's next move should be in a vacuum?Enjoy.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop ...

Six years ago professional poker players Grant Denison and Jonathan Levy uploaded their first videos onto YouTube as the “Hand of the Week” guys.Little did they know “Hand of the Week” had been trademarked by a former “Chasing Poker Greatness” legend of poker who wasn’t exactly a big fan of their brutally honest, pull-no-punches analysis. They quickly decided to change the name of their show and “The Poker Guys” was born shortly thereafter.In the following conversation we’re going to go ...

Today’s guest is the only 4-time WPT champion on the planet, the one and only Darren Elias.Darren has over $7.5 million in career live cashes to go along with a pretty, pretty, pretty good $3.8 million in lifetime online career winnings … all despite being a low-volume player. His career highlights include:- The aforementioned FOUR WPT titles, including: the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic, 2017 WPT Fallsview, season 16 WPT Tournament of Champions, and (Darren’s personal favorite win) the 2014 WPT ...

Today’s guest is an absolute legend of the online game, Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet.Jon is currently #4 in lifetime online poker MTT tournament winnings with a cool $15.8 million … with a $5 million+ of that coming from a ridiculous 2 month venture playing $25k MTT’s on GGPoker last November and December (Which you are moments away from hearing all about).And not only has Jon been crushing tournaments for almost 2 decades, he is also as generous as they come ...

My guest today is the always incredible Kristy Arnett.Kristy has been in the poker industry for the past 15 years, starting off working as a reporter for Card Player magazine and then PokerNews. Then, in 2014, she decided to take the leap and began to play cards professionally.For a lot of folks, this could have ended in absolute disaster … but Kristy is not a human being you want to bet against.She has the unique combination of other-worldly grittiness, humility, ...

Ryan has been a POKER BATTLER since he was a mere 18 year old in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta Canada. Always willing to mix it up, Ryan is the rare breed of poker player who is willing to sit down and play any variation of poker under the sun. For the first handful of years in his poker career, Ryan was a full-time live pro who never really caught the online bug.That all changed practically overnight when Ryan decided ...

Today I am going to be speaking with one of poker’s superstars. Anyone with even a passing interest in poker during the last 20 years will certainly know who he is. My guest today is the one and only “poker brat” himself, Mr Phil Helmuth.Phil’s list of accomplishments and accolades in Poker is so long that it’s difficult to put it all together without missing something. To name just some of the things that have made him one of the ...

Today my guest is the one and only Aleeyah Jadavji.Aleeyah is a WSOP writer, live reporter, poker player, winner of the PokerStars $30k Platinum Pass, and all-around badass. Before we hop into Aleeyah and I’s conversation, I want to be upfront in that this was the most nervous I have ever been before any interview I have ever done. In these CPG intros I talk a lot about career winnings in the millions of dollars, awards won, and going to ...

Today I’m going to be speaking with Team PartyPoker online Pro and MTT specialist the DramaticDegen himself, Travis Darroch.Travis is yet another shining example of “making it” in the modern poker world through hard work and a genuine love for the game.He grew up with a love for film and aspirations of making it in the entertainment business but, ultimately, that ended up not working out.The entertainment industry’s loss was poker’s gain when Travis learned about a little niche called ...

Today I’m going to be speaking with renowned high-stakes online cash game crusher and coach, Nick Howard.Nick has been one of the prominent coaches in the poker world for going on 10 years now.He was once one of the most sought after coaches at Run It Once and has since moved on to form his own private coaching and staking company, Poker Detox.After experiencing extreme suffering and considering giving up the game forever, Nick surrendered to a larger purpose and ...

Today I have the opportunity to speak with a true poker pioneer and insider. Having worked for about 15 years within the top levels of one of the largest poker sites in the world, you are about to enjoy a bounty of amazing stories about the good ole days of PokerStars.My guest today is author, professional cardplayer, and former PokerStars cardroom manager and head of communications, Lee Jones.Lee’s initial involvement in the industry started with a very young PokerStars in ...

My guest today is, indisputably, one of the greatest players to ever sit down at a poker table. He came onto the scene like a hurricane and swept away anyone and everyone in his path to being the number one ranked poker player in the worldAnd then, equally as abruptly, decided to call it a day and retire. All before the age of 26.Today I am joined by Fedor Holz.Fedor, originally from Germany, has absolutely dominated both live and online ...

My guest today has had a tremendous influence on the game of poker both online and off through his perspectives on game strategy, coaching techniques, mental health, and more. My conversation today is with pro poker player, coach, and author, Tommy Angelo.Tommy has been playing poker professionally since the mid 80’s, preferring to play almost exclusively in live cash games. Having already accrued more than a decade of pro poker experience when most people were just beginning to discover and ...

Today’s guest is Canadian online tournament specialist and prolific Twitch streamer (And Big Brother Canada participant), Arlie Shaban.For Arlie, poker and streaming are inseparable. He’s made a name for himself not just because of his poker ability, but also because of his relentless pursuit to be one of the biggest and best poker streamers on Twitch. Without a doubt he is one of the hardest working human beings in the game today.In a tale as old as time Arlie quit ...